Recently, the European Parliament approved draft regulation, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), requiring each member state to set minimum energy-performance standards for new ...

The World Green Building Council’s latest maneuver in its war against greenhouse gas emissions is a rallying cry for embodied-carbon reduction in buildings that involves global collaboration, ...

Net-zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) employ the latest materials, technologies, practices, and controls in order to not only minimize energy usage, but also produce as much or more energy than the ...

Climate change took on renewed interest during the pandemic as the positive impact the stay-at-home orders had on our environment became apparent. In fact, it is estimated that global greenhouse gas ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The phrase Net-zero energy or Zero-carbon has always troubled me. I have noted that I can make my tent net-zero energy if I have enough money for solar panels, but that's not necessarily a sustainable ...

HOME WILL NOT HAVE A MAILBOX FULL OF BILLS. COMEAU CONSTRUCTION ON A COLD PITTSBURGH DAY. >> DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE WARM NEXT JANUARY? >> IT BETTER BE. >> BILL IN MARYLAND WILL MOVE INTO THEIR ...

Arthaland, the country’s foremost green developer, shares expertise to help the city implement its new Green Building Code and inspire other cities in the Philippines. Manila, Philippines — Arthaland, ...

Peering down Seattle’s Capitol Hill, the Bullitt Center appears to be just another high-end commercial building—until you look up and notice the roof, which is overlaid with shiny silver photovoltaic ...

Opened earlier this year, the newly completed NUS School of Design & Environment 4 (SDE4) is distinguished as Singapore’s first new-build, net-zero energy building school. Developed by the School of ...

The Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass timber college building. Designed in collaboration with construction services company ...